- pop, rock
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Little Criminals is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman. Like most of Newman's work, the album eschews traditional pop-music themes in favor of musical story-telling, often featuring quirky characters and cynical views. The first song on the album – "Short People" – became a hit single in its own right. The album itself peaked at #9 on the US Billboard 200 chart, Newman's highest-charting album to date.
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Spare, classical in form, cool and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Short People2:57
- A2You Can't Fool the Fat Man2:47
- A3Little Criminals3:06
- A4Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father2:43
- A5Jolly Coppers on Parade3:50
- A6In Germany Before the War3:43
- B1Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America2:53
- B2Baltimore4:06
- B3I'll Be Home2:48
- B4Rider in the Rain3:55
- B5Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)3:38
- B6Old Man on the Farm2:13
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Randy Newman
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1977
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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